Fence



(No Model.)

M. J. BARROW.

FENGE.

Patented July 9, 1889..

lwim M UNITED STATES PATENT O F CE.

MARION JASPER BARROW, OF NEV BLOOMFIELD, MISSOURI.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,695, dated July 9,1889. Application filed April 9, 1888. Serial No. 270,080. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION JASPER BAR- ROW, acitizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Bloomfield, in the county of Callaway and Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFences; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to portable fences, and has for its object theproduction of a fence that can be quickly set up and taken down, andwhich will be composed of selflocking panels, the end of one panel beingconstructed to interlock with the end of the other panel byspring-clamping action. The

top and bottom rails are diagonally disposed with reference to theintermediate rails, and the rails are extended at one end beyond thebatten commonto each to clamp the end of the adjacent panel. Theextended ends are provided on their opposing sides with stops whichembrace and interlock with a corresponding stopon the end of theadjacent panel, which hereinafter will be more fully described, andclaimed and shown in the annewed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a panel embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a front Viewof the ends of two adjacent panels, showing the manner of theirinterlocking; Fig. 3, a top edge view of a section of straight fence,and Fig. 4 a top edge view of a section of worm-fence.

The fence is composed of a series of panels that are constructedsubstantially alike, each panel being composed of top and bottom rails Aand B and intermediate rails C. The rails A and B are in the same plane,and the inter mediate rails G are in a different plane from the rails Aand B, but in the same plane with each other. The two sets of rails arediagonally disposed-2'. 6., the rails A and B have one end fastened tothe front of the end batten D, and

the other end fastened to the rear of the batten E, and the rails C havetheir ends fastened.

The stops (1 and d are not in the same plane, the stop (1 being arrangedin front of the stop 61 sufficiently far to permit the stop being snuglyfitted in between them.

In constructing or setting up the fence, the panels are placed with theend having the stop 2 adjacent the end of the next panel having thestops (1 and d, and the panels are secured together by springing apartthe stops (1 and (1', so as to receive the stop 6, which is fitted inbetween the stops (1 and d and the ends of the rails A and B and therails O. The ends of the rails A and B overlap, and the end of the railsO abut.

The fence may be set straight or in the usual zigzag fashion to form theworm-fence shown in Fig. 4, or it may be set to form a pen or circle byusing three or more panels.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim,and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. The herein-described fence-panel having end battens and having theends of the rails fastened to the opposite sides of the said battens,respectively, the rails being extended at one end beyond the end battenand provided with stops 011 their opposing faces which are adapted tospring apart, and the other end of the panel being provided with acorresponding stop, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The herein-described fence-panel, having the ends of the railsextended beyond the end batten, some of the said ends being in one planeand others'in another, and adapted to be sprung apart and provided withstops on their opposing sides, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

3..The herein-described fence-panel, hav- The rails are extended beyondtheing the ends of the rails extended at one end beyond the end battenand arranged in different p1anes,the top and bottom rails being in oneplane and the intermediate rails being in another planeyand having theends of the rails of each plane united by a stop, the two stops beingadapted to be sprung apart, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony Whereof'I affix my sign at-n re in presence of twoWitnesses.

MARION JASPER BARROW.

Witnesses:

A. D. CORNELISON, J. W. BRUTON.

